Example Sentences

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Measuring it in dollars assesses China’s overall weight in the global marketplace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Measuring the economic impact of major events is always difficult, but business lobby group Assolombarda put the immediate benefits at several hundred million euros, including 139 million for the hospitality industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Measuring a single tone allows scientists to calculate the mass and spin of the final black hole.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Measuring 2x4, the brick itself contains sensors, lights, a small sound synthesiser, an accelerator and a custom-made silicon chip enabling it to detect movement and react to it.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Measuring angles amounted to eyeballing shadows on a compass, which might do for gross approximation but could not yield very accurate results.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro